The All SoulsMessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church • Volume 63, Issue 1 • February/March 2012

From the RectorMore on Letting our Light Shine

Just after January 6, the Epiphany,I wrote an article for our weekly

newsletter in which I mentioned myhope that 2012 might enable us to “letour light shine” in new ways. TheEpiphany marks the day that theMagi reached Jesus. Light literallyhelped them, in their being guidedby a star, but their arrival at themanger also began a process bywhich the light of Christ would berevealed and shared with all people,of all nations and all backgrounds.On February 2, the Church observesanother feast of light with the Pre-sentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ inthe Temple—also known as Candle-mas after a custom, especially inNorthern European countries, ofbringing a new year ’s supply ofcandles to church to be blessed.

The official title of the feast containswhat might seem like a contradiction,but at least remains a question.Which aspect do we celebrate: theTemple or the Presentation? Whenwe think of God’s revealing his lovefor us and for all the world, do wethink of a building or do we think ofpeople?

The Gospel reading for the day is Luke2:22–40. Jesus, the flesh and bloodbaby, now forty days old, is broughtfor a blessing. His mother Marycomes also to the temple for her bless-ing. After that, the bulk of the Gospelinvolves Holy Simeon and theProphet Anna.

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Simeon waits at the temple. He hasreceived a vision that he will see theMessiah before he dies, and so hewaits. He sees Jesus, he holds him,and then Simeon gives thanks to Godfor bringing such life and light intothe world. Because of this little baby,because of the coming of the Messiah,there will be peace and glory and sal-vation, salvation for all. In histhanksgiving for light, Simeon useswords that are said and sung inchurches today, the Song of Simeonknown by its Latin first words Nuncdimittis, “Now lettest thou thy ser-vant depart in peace” (BCP, pp. 51,66, 93 and 120.

Anna, too, is in the temple, night andday, fasting and praying. With hertrained spiritual eye she too seesJesus and recognizes him. She toogives thanks to God and tells othersthat Jesus is the way to salvation.

Simeon and Anna are people whosefaith outshines the temple itself. Theyknow to look for God in the flesh, andbecause of this, they recognize Christwhen he comes among us.

In presenting his own body in thetemple, Jesus leads us to present ourbodies as well. We present all thatwe are to God, that he might conse-crate us and purify us and help us tolive more faithfully. We are also re-minded in the Presentation of thatchoice that comes for us every timewe enter the temple: do we look forGod with the angels, or do we lookfor God in the broken-but-healinglives all around us?

Whether we light candles literally orspiritually on this day, Candlemasreminds us of the source of our light,that even on the darkest of days, Godcomes to us in sacrament, in prayer,and in the outstretched hand ofChristian community.

May the light of Christ be rekindledin our hearts that we may shine forthwith his love in the world. Amen.

John Beddingfield

On February 2, we meet with a choice that encounters us every time we enter the temple.

2 All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church—Celebrating 100 Years

In this issueFrom the Rector: More on Letting our Light Shine 1Poetry from the Parish: A Sonnet by Jim Child 2From the Senior Warden: An Invitation to a Holy Lent 3From the Junior Warden: New Year’s Resolutions 4Sanctuary Notes: Maintaining a Beautiful Sanctuary 5Hospitality Notes: Traditions & Transitions 6February & March Calendars InsertMy Perspective: Why Christmas should be Moved Back 7

Fellowship Opportunities: Shrove Tuesday & Mardi Gras 8Opportunities for Spiritual Enrichment:- Lent Begins February 22, Ash Wednesday 8- Lenten Quiet Day, Saturday February 25 8Lenten Spiritual Enrichment:- Book Study: “Your Faith, Your Life” 9- Worship: Stations of the Cross 9Diocesan Training: Safeguarding God’s Children 9

May all souls seek the peace past all the centuries we’ve known.

e come together now as we have donethese hundred years, with every soul to sharepeculiar gifts of mind and heart. Each onea saint uncanonized: in hymn and prayerwe offer sacrifice to Him who gavea gift past comprehending that we mightdispel forever terrors of the grave,know Resurrection to the realm of light.Lord, how dear to us your dwelling placewhere season follows season, windows speakof faith triumphant, animating graceour elder saints impart. May all souls seekthe peace past all the centuries we’ve known:make, O Lord, each one of us your own.

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Parish Register 10Submission date for articles in the next issue 10Birthdays 11Holy Week & Easter at All Souls Back cover

The Message is published every two monthsexcept for a combined June/July/August issueand a single issue in September.

Poetry from the ParishPoetry from the ParishPoetry from the ParishPoetry from the ParishPoetry from the ParishA Sonneta sonnet by parishioner Jim Child

composed for all souls centennial

The Message: February/March 2012 3

From the Senior WardenAn Invitation to a Holy Lent

n a few weeks Father John will in-vite us, “in the name of the

Church, to the observance of a holyLent: by self-examination and repen-tance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditat-ing on God’s holy Word” (Book of Com-mon Prayer, page 265). How you goabout acting on that invitation I leaveto you, but I have a few thoughts andrecommendations for what I hopeyou will accept as a really good op-portunity for “reading and meditat-ing on God’s holy Word.”

In the first place, at least, do some-thing with that invitation. My expe-rience has consistently been that I getout of my faith what I invest in it. Isuspect that the same will hold truefor you, too. Try to find somethingthat you can do every day in Lent. Ifthat’s nothing more than committingto doing the daily reading in ForwardDay by Day (there are copies by ourwelcome table) and taking a coupleof minutes to pray, that’s fine, do it—and make every effort to stick to do-ing so every day of Lent. You can findlots of other Lenten resources atAbeBooks.com, the Cathedral book-store (http://is.gd/xAB15l), etc.

What you probably don’t want to dois to come up with some grand, oner-ous master plan for how you are go-ing to thoroughly check every blockin the Ash Wednesday invitation.You have to know yourself and yourlifestyle, but I know my situation wellenough to know that—regardless ofmy expectations for myself Saturdaymorning—I am doing well to accom-plish even a quarter of the things onmy “to do” list for any given week-end. Moreover, I know that very, verylittle other than my professionalwork gets done during the workweek: there’s generally no correlation

IAll Souls offers

many different waysto observe the seasonof Lent. Here area few that anyone

can try.between what I promise myself—while I am stuck in traffic afterwork—and what really gets doneonce I’m home. Bottom line: selectsome discipline during Lent that’ssmaller than what you’d like to thinkthat you could do; that way, youprobably have a realistic chance ofsticking with it.

Be in church for Ash Wednesday, ev-ery Sunday during Lent, and duringthe Holy Week services. Ash Wednes-day and the Holy Week services areparticularly powerful, but you’ll notethat this suggestion doesn’t comewith any escape clauses!

After discussing fasting in the con-text of Lent, Liturgy for Living (from theChurch’s Teaching Series) goes on todeclare that “even if fasting as suchis not possible or desirable in somecases, positive actions undertaken inthe name of Christ, or some depriva-tions to remind us continually of hissuffering are enjoined on us by thePrayer Book provision.” In a townwhere we work very long hours intremendously fast-paced, stressfuljobs, may I be so bold as to suggestthat you (and I) focus on “positiveactions.” I’ve already talked aboutsetting aside some time to read andpray. You might find a way to putaside a bit of money every day that

you could give to some charity at theend of Lent. Perhaps, there’s some-thing that you could do every daythat would benefit someone else. Per-haps, you can do something everyday during Lent that you’ll look backon with satisfaction after the 40 daysare over.

I do want to invite you to partici-pate in something that I hope will bea particularly good opportunity forreading and spending time in Scrip-ture. To that end, Durward Womackand I will lead an Adult Forum dur-ing Lent on a book titled The LastWeek: What the Gospels Really Teachabout Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem byMarcus J. Borg and John DominicCrossan. The book focuses heavily onthe Gospel of Mark, which has themost extensive account of the lastweek of Jesus’ life. When Father Johnrecommended this book to sharewith a friend about a year ago, I wassomewhat concerned about the writ-ers’ reputation—but I was delightedto find that Borg and Crossan fo-cused on the text of the Gospel forwhat the text said and invited thereader to do the same without pre-conceived notions. I didn’t agreewith every point, but both my friendand I did come away from the bookthinking that it was a gem.

Our intent is for as many people aspossible in All Souls to commit to ac-tually reading this book as a sharedLenten discipline. Consider ourAdult Forum series and my othersuggestions as just what the Book ofCommon Prayer offers—invitations—and feel welcome to participate inany way.

I pray that we will all commit to the“observance of a holy Lent.”

Dale Lewis

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resolve to give up chocolate; butI’ve read that some dark chocolate

each day is good, since it reducesblood pressure and can help in pre-venting heart disease. Oh well, then,I resolve to give up….wait a minute. Iremember when I was very young,that the Christmas holidays includedcaroling, church, Christmas Dinner,opening presents and then afternoontea with cucumber sandwiches, andChristmas cake encased withmarzipan, and hard icing that lookedlike snow, and Boxing Day, with a tripto the circus (which I did not like) orto see a pantomime (which I did).Then home to sliced tongue, celerysticks standing like soldiers in a lightgreen vase, blancmange, and mincepies. I remember that was the timeone started to write out—on linedpaper—a list of New Year’s Resolu-tions.

• I resolve to save three pence frommy allowance.

• I resolve to keep my room tidy(Not shove everything into thewardrobe prior to a parent’sweekly inspection).

• I resolve to do my homework assoon as I get home.

• I resolve to clean my bike.• I resolve to practice the piano.

From the Junior WardenNew Year’s Resolutions

I This year,consider makingyour resolution

a Take-on Task(TOT).

• I resolve not to leave my violin onthe train on my way home fromschool. This error would generatea telephone call to the StationMaster at the next station to myhome station of West Wickham.The stations ran from NewBeckenham—the station for theBeckenham County GrammarSchool for Girls—to Clock House—the station for the BeckenhamCountry Grammar School forBoys (no wonder I left my violinon the luggage rack), Elmers End,Eden Park, West Wickham, andHayes. Before the train’s returntrip, the Hayes Station Masterwould locate my violin, give it tothe train’s driver who would passit to the West Wickham StationMaster, and when my fatheralighted from the train later thatevening wearing his Homburg,and carrying his rolled umbrella,he would retrieve my violin andbring it home. Maybe this was myway of saying I really did not wantto play the violin; I really wantedto play the cello!

• I resolve to collect at least 25pounds for the Missionary Fund.

Aha! My youthful resolutions wereoften not about giving up things, butabout taking on tasks. So maybe ourNew Year’s Resolutions should be-come Take-on Tasks. (TOT)

• I resolve to lose weight.TOT: get free exercise working forthe Garden Guild.

• I resolve to learn my way arounda kitchen.TOT: help out at Christ Houseserving breakfast or dinner, or pre-pare breakfast or coffee hour at AllSouls.

• I resolve to stop hoarding.TOT: give clean men’s clothes toChrist House and children’s andwomen’s clothing to Martha’sTable

• I resolve not to hide my light undera bushel.TOT: tell the office that you havetime to volunteer, or that you arenot only interested in, but are anexpert at fundraising, grant appli-cation writing, press release writ-ing, teaching, can sing, play theflugelhorn, and so on, you get theidea!

Happy New Year!

Jennifer Crier Johnston

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here has been considerable pro-gress since All Souls rolled out its

initial building accessibility designin December. The architect is now oncontract to provide what is knownas a schematic design. The schematicdesign, which will add a great dealof detail to the initial outline that pa-rishioners and other friends haveseen, is necessary to support a Feb-ruary 29 meeting with the HistoricPreservation Review Board and thePreliminary Design Review with theDC Regulatory Agency. What’s more,the schematic design will also pro-vide a basis for a refined estimate ofthe accessibility project’s cost (ini-tially estimated at $1.28 million). Af-ter we receive more clarity on totalcosts, the next big step should beplanning and conducting a capitalcampaign.

Thanks to the deep generosity of theAll Souls community, a moderatelevel of building preservation workwill continue in 2012. All Souls Rockshas raised more than $10,000 (an ex-act amount isn’t available at presstime); combined with $10,000 fromthe Endowment, it should enable a sig-nificant amount of stone repointingand restoration that will preventfurther deterioration and crumbling

Notes on Restoration and RenovationMaintaining a Beautiful Sanctuary

T Your contributionscan make

our buildingsstronger, brighter,

and morewelcoming.

of our historic building’s stone walls.Please note that contributions arestill very welcome to All Souls Rocks;this work is not yet on contract, andwe can certainly increase the extentof the work that is going to be done.

Also, thanks to an $8,500 grant fromthe MARPAT Foundation and ananonymous grant of $8,180 from aparishioner, restoration of the largeblue Goodhue Window at the rear ofthe sanctuary will begin in thespring. This restoration will entailremoving the wire mesh over the ex-

terior of the window, thoroughlycleaning the window, restoring andpreserving the window’s woodenframe, and putting a protective Lexancover over it. Conservators will alsowork on the interior to strengthenplaces where the window has begunto bulge very slightly.

The four lancet windows at the rearof the church—there are two on ei-ther side of the Goodhue Window—also deserve your attention the nexttime you’re in the sanctuary. One ofthem, Saint Luke, is a good dealbrighter than the other three Evan-gelists. It’s clearer because a parish-ioner gently washed it, about a yearago, when the heavy grate with acorroded screen that covered it felloff. Restoration could increase andmaintain the beauty of these four lan-cets, at a cost of about $1,500 each—and one parishioner has already do-nated funds to restore one of them.The work will entail removing theheavy grate currently in place, clean-ing the window, restoring and pre-serving its wood frame, and placinga protective Lexan cover over it. Ifyou’d be willing to donate $1,500 torestore one of the other three Evan-gelists, please talk to SeniorWarden.

Dale Lewis

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was recently asked to serve as co-ordinator for Coffee Hours at All

Souls. I have willingly agreed. Iwould like to let you know aboutwhat changes have been made andhow this may affect you. Before I dothat, let’s look at why we offer thistime-honored tradition.

What is Coffee Hour all about in thefirst place? For the hour or so beforewe meet in the undercroft, we meetin our sanctuary for a time of corpo-rate worship. With our beautiful andinspired liturgy we hear the word ofGod through readings, the homily,the creed, prayers, hymns and an-thems. We know and believe thatGod is with us from the teachings ofour Lord because “where two orthree are gathered together in myname, there am I in the midst ofthem.” With that in mind, when wegather for Coffee Hour, our Lord isalso present. We are given the timeto worship in a far different way. This“Fellowship Time” is a prime oppor-tunity to visit with people we’ve seenbefore but don’t know very well. It isa time to welcome newcomers andgive them a taste of our church hos-pitality over a coffee and a bite to eat.It is a time for us to invite friends weknow from work or neighbors. CoffeeHour is such a huge opportunity forus to be present that the potentialbenefits are endless.

Coffee Hour at All Souls is truly leg-endary, not because of the food butbecause of our church spirit of loveand welcoming. After all, we are the“Church of All Souls.” Over the pastyear or more, however, we have haddifficulty finding persons or groups

Hospitality NotesTraditions & Transitions

I We’re actively seekingAll Souls Members

and ministriesto provide foodat Coffee Hour.

that are willing to host Coffee Hour.The responsibility has thereforefallen onto the shoulders of a preciousfew who, week after week, preparewhat is known as “loaves and fishes”from what is on hand in the kitchento be offered during this time. Yes, ithas worked, but it also has grownold and tiresome for those who offerthese gifts.

In an effort to prevent our Coffee Hourfrom becoming just a cup of coffee, teaor punch, some changes had to bemade. As coordinator, I’m activelyseeking All Souls members and min-istries to host a Coffee Hour. In pastyears, we have had individual hostsprepare it; groups of friends prepareit, various guilds team together toprepare it and all with great success.Please remember that we are nothosting lunch. Instead, the food weare offering provides “fuel for fellow-ship.” There is a calendar on the bul-letin board, so please sign up. I willbe glad to answer any questions thatyou may have and encourage you totry this out. I will be glad to showyou how to prepare for a Coffee Hourif you need. Believe me, you will getback far more than you give.

With our budget in mind, we ask thatfood items bought for Coffee Hour areoffered as donations. Also, if you havefood left over from a party and wouldlike to donate it, we will gladly useit. Just let me know so that I can co-ordinate it into the program. In thepast, we were occasionally able tooffer modest compensation for fooditems, but with the sluggisheconomy, this too has changed. Wedo however offer donation forms tobe filled out with your receipts at-tached to be used as tax-deductibledonations. These amounts will ap-pear as donations on your annualgiving statement. These will appearin addition to, but separate from yourpledge or plate offering. Because ofIRS Tax Laws and auditing reasons,receipts must be attached to validatethe donation.

All Souls will continue to provide cof-fee, tea, punch and all required dis-posable items associated with CoffeeHour. I have been asked to be the per-son responsible for buying theseitems and insuring that they are onhand and accessible. Please knowthat suggestions are always wel-comed and that all will be consid-ered. If you have any questions, pleasesee me.

As your new Coffee Hour Coordinator,I will be available to offer advice, tobe hands-on if you need, to take sug-gestions and to do my best to insurethat we maintain our great traditionfor years to come. Take a chance—and you will be blessed many timesover!

Tom Mabon

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ith more than 1.3 billionsouls and very few Christians,

China remains the mother lode forevangelists in this world. Despite anoppressive government hostile to-ward organized religion, the citi-zenry are hungry for the Truth; mil-lions are willing to risk the wrath ofthe authorities by joining churches.Short of learning Mandarin andsneaking into mainland China to fur-tively distribute bibles, what canChristians in the West do to help theChinese break down the barriersholding back Christianity?

Simple: move Christmas back so thatit coincides with the Chinese NewYear.

Before you judge us as wild-eyedrabble rousers intent on destroyinga cherished holiday, consider the factthat the current date on which wecelebrate Christmas was chosensolely to co-opt the pagan Europeans,whose High Holy Day was the Win-ter Solstice. The coinciding of the twoholidays meant that the pagans whoconverted could continue to have thesame holy day as before-except thatthey would be celebrating somethingentirely different, namely the birthof the Savior.

The Christmas tree comes from apagan holiday as well, incidentally.

My PerspectiveWhy Christmas should be Moved Back

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The Chinese New Year already has alot in common with Christmas: anexchange of gifts, the reuniting offamilies, decorations galore, and theserving of a traditional meal. A cen-tral theme of the Chinese New Yearis to reconcile with estranged friendsand families, let go of any grudgesand wish peace and happiness foreveryone. These are pretty Christiansentiments, most would agree.

Moving Christmas back a month ortwo (the date of the Chinese NewYear is tied to the lunar calendar andfalls between Jan 21 and February 20)would actually bring us myriad ben-efits as well:

• We could avoid the clumping ofthe year-end holidays of Thanks-giving, Christmas, and New Year’s,making the chances of overdosingon family togetherness fall pre-cipitously.

• In fact, having Thanksgiving andChristmas two or three monthsapart might reduce the familytravel triage that so many of us dotoday when confronted with hav-ing to make two long, expensive,hassle-filled trips so close to-gether.

• For those who complain aboutpeople forgetting the reason for theseason, they should keep in mindthat a Christmas that comes a

month or two after New Year in-stead of sandwiched betweenThanksgiving and the New Yearwould be more difficult to secu-larize than today, when the me-dia lumps the three together as ageneric “Holiday Season.”

• For the less faithful, we shouldpoint out that a January/FebruaryChristmas would up the odds ofhaving White Christmases—while the soon-to-be lengthened(we hope) NFL season means wewill still be able to watch footballover the holiday: playoff football,no less.

And we would be remiss if we didnot observe that a February Christ-mas is actually close to the true birthdate of Christ, according to scholars.

There is probably a middle ground,such as the establishment of an AsianChristian Church that celebratesholidays on different days and thuscould allow the Chinese to haveChristmas coincide with their NewYear without inconveniencing us.

For us in the west to move our holi-day, however, would be a truly Chris-tian gesture to a people who alreadybuy into the major precepts of ourfaith and are clearly ready to be em-braced by the Church.

And as uncomfortable as it may befor some to contemplate, we Chris-tians are tasked with spreading theGospel of Christ. Most of us don’thave it in us to move to a foreign landand proselytize, but demanding thatour churches move Christmas—or atleast not protesting such a move—isa small sacrifice we can all make thatcould bring millions more people toknow Christ.

Tristan Brady & Ike Brannon

The All Souls Message continues its oc-casional series from parishioners and volun-teer staff with the following piece, co-writtenby parishioner Tristan Brady and fellowwriter Ike Brannon. It was published on theReal Clear Religion site in October 2011.

Moving Christmasback a monthor two would

bring usmyriad benefits!

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he first Christians observed withgreat devotion the days of our

Lord’s passion and resurrection, andit became the custom of the Churchto prepare for them by a season ofpenitence and fasting. This season ofLent provided a time in which con-verts to the faith were prepared forHoly Baptism. It was also a timewhen those who, because of notori-ous sins, had been separated from thebody of the faithful were reconciledby penitence and forgiveness, and re-stored to the fellowship of theChurch. Thereby, the whole congre-gation was put in mind of the mes-sage of pardon and absolution setforth in the Gospel of our Savior, andof the need which all Christians con-tinually have to renew their repen-tance and faith.

We are invited, therefore, in the nameof the Church, to the observance of aholy Lent, by self-examination andrepentance; by prayer, fasting, andself-denial; and by reading and medi-tating on God’s holy Word. And, tomake a right beginning of repentance,and as a mark of our mortal nature,we kneel before the Lord, our makerand redeemer.

On this day, we receive ashes of hu-mility, but we also receive bread andwine of new life, allowing us to moveforward from this special day re-newed and enlivened.—Revised from the Book of CommonPrayer, pp. 264–265.

Lent Begins

T “The Fear of God”: our Troubles,Transformed

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Saturday, February 25:Lenten Quiet Day

Led by Father Beddingfield10 a.m.–3 p.m.

he Bible tells us that “the fear ofthe Lord is the beginning of wis-

dom” (Proverbs 9:10; Ps. 11:10), butwhat does it mean to “fear” God?How does our relationship with Godaffect other parts of our life in whichfear plays a part? Are faith and fearconnected, or are they opposed to eachother? Using scripture, tradition,story, and silence, this year’s LentenQuiet Day will allow us to reflect onthese questions together.

A QUIET DAY IS A MINI-RETREAT.We will gather in the church for pe-riods of about 20 minutes or so, dur-ing which Father John will offer ameditation. Between the meditationsthere will be time for silent reflection,journaling, or (weather permitting)walking outside. A Low Mass will becelebrated at noon, followed by alight lunch (taken in silence, withmusic playing) in the undercroft. TheQuiet Day will end by 3 p.m. Partici-pants should feel free to come and goas their schedules permit.

Parish Fellowship OpportunitiesLet’s Celebrate before Lent

&&&&&Mardi Mardi Mardi Mardi Mardi GrasGrasGrasGrasGrasTuesday, February 21, 2012

EVENING PRAYERWith Burning of Palms

from last yearand Mardi Gras Supper

6 p.m.ather in the undercroft for some-thing to drink and then join uson the meditation garden patio

for the burning of the palms. A potluck Mardi Gras Feast follows ourprayers.

Join us for the fun: check the sign upsheet in the undercroft or see TomMabon for details.

Shrove TShrove TShrove TShrove TShrove Tuesdayuesdayuesdayuesdayuesday

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Opportunities for Spiritual Enrichment

February 22:Ash Wednesday—The First Day in Lent

Low Mass with the Imposition of Ashesat 7 a.m., Noon, and 7 p.m.

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Lenten Spiritual EnrichmentBook Study and Stations of the Cross

s in past seasons of Lent, we willspend some time in Christian for-

mation looking at what we believeand especially asking how our faithmight be informed and shaped by theAnglican Tradition and the Episco-pal Church.

This year, we’llbe using thebook Your Faith,Your Life byJenifer Gamberwith BillL e w e l l i s( M o r e h o u s e ,2009). The bookcan be pur-chased at the Ca-thedral Book-store, at the VTSCokesbury Book-store, or online. Your Faith, Your Life mayalso be borrowed from the All SoulsLibrary.

A companion website for conversa-tion about the book can be found atw w w. y o u r f a i t h y o u r l i f e . o r g /home.html.

We’ll meet on Sundays from 1 p.m. to2:15 p.m. in the church conferenceroom. Feel free to bring a sandwich,if you like.

Diocesan Training OpportunitySafeguarding God’s Children

Child Abuse Prevention Trainingfor Paid Full-time Staff and

All Who Work with Children and YouthSaturday, February 11, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

afeguarding God’s Children pro-vides participants with the infor-

mation they need to protect the chil-dren they know and care for in theirpersonal lives and the ministries inwhich they serve. The program isbased on the philosophy that if ev-ery adult can protect just one child,they will forever change one life. Ifwe can all change one life, togetherwe will make a difference in this gen-eration of children.

In the Diocese of Washington, wewant each of our parishes to activelyprotect their children and youth sothat we may live into our baptismalcovenant and to help them growstronger in their life in Christ.

Who needs to attend?

• All paid parish staff memberswho have not completed a childabuse and sexual misconduct pre-vention of program in the lastthree years

• Any volunteers working withchildren and youth (includingChristian education leaders) whohave not completed a child abuseand sexual misconduct preventionof program in the last three years

• Any who wish to learn moreabout how their parish can pro-tect children and youth.

Register through the Episcopal Dio-cese of Washington’s website:www.edow.org/news-and-events/events/events-open-registrations.

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Lent helps usconsider what we believe

and how our faithmight be transformed

by our Anglicantradition.

On Fridays during Lent, beginningat 7 p.m., we will walk the Stationsof the Cross. All Souls is blessed with14 beautiful Stations of the Cross,made especially for our church in the1990s. Eight of them are based di-

rectly on eventsrecorded in theGospels, and sixare based upontraditional sto-ries about Jesusmaking his waythrough Jerusa-lem to Calvary.The simple week-ly service on Fri-day nights allowsus to walk to eachstation, and pausefor a reading fromscripture and a

prayer. We sing a verse of a traditionalhymn between each station.

This is a wonderfully quiet andsimple service. When we walk Sta-tions of the Cross, we are given anopportunity to see each station withnew eyes. The more one looks, themore one sees. We are invited to hearthe scripture with new ears. We areinvited to respond to the Way of theCross, and indeed, to the Way ofChrist, with new hearts.

Book Study:Your Faith, Your Life

Sundays at 1 p.m., February 26 through March 25Worship:

Stations of the CrossEach Friday at 7 p.m.

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Copy deadline for articlesfor the April/May 2012 issue

of The Messageis Sunday, February 26, 2012

Please have your articles in Leigh Harrison’s hands by that date.Electronic submission preferred at message.allsoulsdc@gmail.com.

E-mail Leigh with story ideas, questions, and comments.

From the Membership DatabaseThe Parish Register (as of 01/23/2012)

Baptisms—NoneBurials & Interments—NoneConfirmations & Receptions—NoneMarriages & Blessings—

Marriage on December 22, 2011Neill Redfern Heath &James Joseph Hone

Reaffirmations*—NoneTransfers In—NoneTransfers Out

December 6, 2011Thomas Robert EschValerie Anne EschLuciana Rosio Guadalupe

Esch-Levanos (Lulu)Miriam Sofia Esch-Levanos

(Mimi)Episcopal Church of the Ascension,Gaithersburg, MD

January 20, 2012David V. MorseAll Saint’s EpiscopalFort Lauderdale, FL

* This category includes new memberswho join by providing the required in-formation and existing members whoprovide missing information, primarilya baptism date. In addition, some of thesenames are the result of updating ourmembership database.

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From the Membership DatabaseBirthdays (as of 01/05/2011)

February 1 Darla Brown

Knight ChampionRam HansenRick Mollineaux

2 John HallTommy Mottur

3 Michael HeinlThomas McAllister

4 Joe Threadgill 5 Brigitte Adams

JoAnn LaFonJack Montgomery

8 Pete HarrisonDaiva KasteckaiteRoger Mahan

9 John Matthews11 David Dawson

Chuck Helman12 Chris Cobb

Joan Shapiro13 Stephanie Clipper14 Charlie Boone

Chase Rowan15 Erin Piel18 Martha Domenico

Beth Moten19 Rory Morrison-Smith20 Marcia Anderson21 Barbara Brady

Tom Speight22 Elena Fernandez24 Abby Quinn-Shores26 Clay Doherty27 Leigh Harrison

March 1 Janet Jones 2 Clive Brady

Brendan DoyleKevin LeGrandHarry Walker

4 McKenzie BarnesCalvin Zon

8 Roland Houle 9 Katie Houle

Gary Scott12 Bob Colburn, Jr.

Andrew HeckerWillis Tatterson

13 Pat Dresser14 Katherine Olson16 Gary Gregg18 Bryan Powell

John Sither19 Tony Domenico

Mark HoffmanJoeseph Rajnic

20 Frank Rettig21 Donald Albert

Nathan Parsons23 Bill Vance26 Todd Crawford

Chuck Hunter29 Ron Carsell30 Ed Graves

Jeanette Studley31 Abby Fitzsimons

If your name is missing from this list and you would like to have it in-cluded in this newsletter, or if there is a mistake, please call the parishoffice at 202-232-4244, and ask for the membership secretary.

The All Souls MessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church2300 Cathedral Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008-1505Voice: 202-232-4244FAX: 202-232-8593e-mail the church: allsouls1@aol.come-mail the rector:

jfbeddingfield@yahoo.come-mail the Vestry:

allsoulsvestry@gmail.comWebsite: www.allsoulsdc.orgThe VestryMartha DomenicoStuart EdwardsSally MacDonaldSusan MorrisonKatherine NordalRobert PublicoverEugenio SextonLarry SturgeonJeff WellsDale Lewis, senior wardenJennifer Crier Johnston, junior wardenStephen Jacobs, registrarTerry Cain, treasurerClergy and StaffThe Rev. John Beddingfield, rectorThe Rev. Christopher Worthley,

adjunct clergyThe Rev. Brenda Sol, seminarianIsaac Borocz, parish administratorNatty Dayal, child careMoises Flores, Sunday sextonIvanna Velasquez, child careDonna Whited, interim director of music& organistVolunteer LeadershipFord Chinworth, financial secretaryHarriet Curry, assistant treasurerPatricia Dresser, chair of the

Endowment Fund BoardCarlos Guerra, sexton emeritusTerry Horan, financial secretaryBarry Huber, membership secretaryThe Message StaffEditor: Leigh HarrisonEditorial review: John Beddingfield

Isaac BoroczHarriet CurryDale Lewis

Graphic designer: Barry Huber

The mission of All Souls Church is to be aChrist-centered sanctuary where a diversecommunity worships and serves. We live thismission through faithful celebration of theEucharist, Christian education, and lovingnurture of both members and neighbors.

Prayer for a BirthdayWatch over these persons, O Lord, as their days increase;

bless and guide them wherever they may be.Strengthen them when they stand,

comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful,raise them up if they fall;

and in their hearts may thy peace, which passeth understanding,abide all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The All SoulsMessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church2300 Cathedral Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008-1505

February/March 2012

Holy Week & Easter at All SoulsPalm Sunday—April 1

Blessing of the Palms & Low Mass, 8:30 a.m.Blessing of the Palms, Procession, & High Mass, 11 a.m.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in Holy Week—April 2–4Morning Prayer at 7:15 a.m. & Mass at 7:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday—April 5Morning Prayer at 7:15 a.m. & Mass at 7:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday Liturgy, 7 p.m., Washing of Feet & Holy Communion

Good Friday—April 6The Good Friday Liturgy at noon

Holy Saturday—April 7The Great Vigil of Easter at 8 p.m.

Easter Day—April 8Low Mass with Easter Hymns at 8:30 a.m. & High Mass at 11 a.m.